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The Baltic Sea
The NASA image shows the Baltic Sea, which stretches
northeast through the Gulf of Finland to reach
Leningrad. To the north, it runs into the Gulf of Bothnia,
a body of water that lies between Finland and Sweden.
The Baltic Sea is the Earth's largest collection of
brackish water.
The Bosporous
This NASA image shows the Bosporus, the waterway
that connects the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. It is
usually considered the dividing line between European
Turkey and Asian Turkey. The Bosporus has always
been important strategically; when Constantine moved
the Roman Empire's captial east, he chose the site for
the new capital Constantinople in 335.
The South China Sea
The South China Sea is the conventional name for the body of water that lies west of the Philippines and
southeast of China. It is known as a "marginal sea," meaning that it shares a significant amount of water with
the nearby Pacific Ocean. The Sea features hundreds of tiny islands and stretches south into the Java Sea
and north to the East China Sea and on through the Korea Strait into the Sea of Japan.
